Perceived Discrimination and Health: A Meta-Analytic Review
By Elizabeth A Pascoe, L. Richman. Psychological bulletin, 2009
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Perceived discrimination has been studied with regard to its impact on several types of health effects. This meta-analysis provides a comprehensive account of the relationships between multiple forms of perceived discrimination and both mental and physical health outcomes. In addition, this meta-analysis examines potential mechanisms by which perceiving discrimination may affect health, including through psychological and physiological stress responses and health behaviors. Analysis of 134 samples suggests that when weighting each study’s contribution by sample size, perceived discrimination has a significant negative effect on both mental and physical health. Perceived discrimination also produces significantly heightened stress responses and is related to participation in unhealthy and nonparticipation in healthy behaviors. These findings suggest potential pathways linking perceived discrimination to negative health outcomes.
Subfields: Sociology and Political Science
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- Discrete emotions predict changes in cognition, judgment, experience, behavior, and physiology: a meta-analysis of experimental emotion elicitations. (2011, background): “The process of discussion and consultation of articles therefore resolved all discrepancies (Cooper, Robinson, & Patall, 2006; Pascoe & Richman, 2009).”
- The threat vs. challenge of car parking for women: How self- and group affirmation affect cardiovascular responses (2011, background): “Previous work already revealed a link between stigmatization, social identity threat and negative health outcomes (Blascovich, 2008; Blascovich et al., 2001; Clark et al., 1999; Pascoe & Smart Richman, 2009).”
- Advances in Continuous Traumatic Stress Theory: Traumatogenic Dynamics and Consequences of Intergroup Conflict: The Palestinian Adolescents Case (2013, background): “The links between perceived oppression and discrimination, and poor physical and mental health in adolescents and adults are fairly well established (e.g. Kira et al., 2010a, 2010b; Pascoe & Richman, 2009; Pieterse, Todd, Neville, & Carter, 2011; Williams & Mohammed, 2009).”